Process digitalization technology

A method for tracking actions of mobile assets used to perform a process within a facility, the method comprising:

• positioning an object tracker at a tracker location within the facility;
• providing a plurality of mobile assets to the facility;
• wherein each mobile asset includes an identifier which is unique to the mobile asset;
• wherein the mobile asset is associated in a database with the identifier, an asset ID and an asset type;
• wherein the object tracker defines a detection zone relative to the tracker location;
• wherein the object tracker comprises:
• a sensor configured to collect sensor input within the detection zone;
• a tracker computer in communication with the sensor to receive the sensor input;
• at least one algorithm for:
• time stamping the sensor input with a detection time;
• processing the sensor input to identify the identifier;
• processing the identifier to identify the asset ID and the asset type associated with the identifier;
• and
• generating an asset entry including the asset ID, the asset type, and the detection time;
• the method further comprising:
• collecting, via the sensor, the sensor input wherein collecting the sensor input includes detecting the identifier when the mobile asset is located in the detection zone;
• receiving, via the tracker computer, the sensor input;
• time stamping, via the tracker computer, the sensor input with a detection time;
• processing, via the tracker computer, the sensor input to identify the identifier;
• processing, via the tracker computer, the identifier to identify the asset ID and the asset type associated with the identifier;
• and
• generating, via the tracker computer, the asset entry.